Table 2.
Patient characteristics, ocular findings, and retinal imaging features in patients with acute CRAO and MPHS on FFA:
| Case No. | Age | Sex | Eye | Presenting Visual acuity | Symptom onset (days) | Associated systemic disease | CRAO severity | CME (Y/N) |
NSD (Y/N) |
FFA done after (days) | Arm-retina time (seconds) | Cilioretinal artery (Y/N) |
Final visual acuity | Total follow-up period (months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 53 | M | LE | CFCF | 5 | Hyperhomocysteinemia, hyperlipidaemia | Mild | N | N | 0 | 32.3 | N | CFCF | 2 |
| 2 | 55 | M | RE | HM | 0 | Hypertension | Severe | N | N | 1 | 26.8 | N | CF ½ MT | 1 |
| 3 | 33 | M | RE | 3/60 | 7 | Vasculitis | Moderate | N | Y | 2 | 10.9 | Y | 1/60 | 2 |
| 4 | 37 | F | RE | LP | 0 | Heart disease | Moderate | Y | Y | 0 | 14.9 | Y | 6/60 | 6 |
| 5 | 41 | M | RE | HM | 0 | Hypertension, hypercholesterolemia | Moderate | N | N | 1 | 26.3 | N | CF 1 MT | 2 |
| 6 | 56 | M | RE | 6/75 | 2 | Hypertension, ICA occlusion | Severe | N | N | 0 | 14 | N | 6/75 | 1 |
| 7 | 20 | M | LE | HM | 0 | Vasculitis | Moderate | N | N | 1 | 27 | N | 3/60 | 4 |
| 8 | 34 | M | RE | CF ½ MT | 3 | Nil | Severe | N | N | 2 | 16.5 | Y | CF ½ MT | 1 |
| 9 | 76 | F | LE | CF ½ MT | 0 | Hypertension, ICA occlusion | Moderate | N | N | 1 | 39.7 | Y | CF ½ MT | 1 |
| 10 | 21 | F | RE | CF ½ MT | 1 | Nil | Moderate | N | N | 0 | 12.5 | N | CF ½ MT | 1 |
| 11 | 46 | M | RE | 6/18 | 3 | Diabetes Mellitus | Moderate | N | N | 0 | 18.5 | Y | 6/6 | 5 |
Abbreviations: CRAO – central retinal artery occlusion; MPHS – mid-phase pinpoint hyperfluorescent spots; FFA – fundus fluorescein angiography; M – male; F – female; RE – right eye; LE – left eye; CFCF – counting fingers close to face; HM – hand motions; LP – light perception; CF – counting fingers; ICA – internal carotid artery; CME – cystoid macular edema; NSD – neurosensory detachment; Y – yes; N - no